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US Air Force C-130Js fly over Normandy to commemorate D-Day

June 11, 2021
C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to Ramstein Air Base fly in formation over Normandy, France, June 6, 2021. On the same day in 1944 Operation Overlord was conducted in two main phases, an airborne assault and amphibious landings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexcia Givens)

 

U.S. Air Force Maj. Morgan Thomas, 86th Operation Support Squadron flight commander, prepares a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, June 6, 2021, as part of a D-Day anniversary flyover event. By the end of D-Day, more than 150,000 troops had landed in Normandy. They pushed their way inland allowing more troops to land over the next several days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Edgar Grimaldo)

 

C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron fly in formation in French airspace June 6, 2021. The formation flight flew over several ceremonies to commemorate the 77th anniversary of D-Day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor Rhynes)

 

U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to Ramstein Air Base, look from the back of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in French airspace on June 6, 2021. Six C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron participated in a flyover of Normandy in remembrance of D-Day.

 

C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to Ramstein Air Base fly over France in remembrance of D-Day June 6, 2021. Approximately 4,000 soldiers from the Allied forces died fighting tyranny June 6, 1944.

 

Master Sgt. Cesar Valesco, 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, observes the French countryside during a flyover of Normandy, France, June 6, 2021. The flyover commemorated the 77th anniversary of Operation Overlord and the successful invasion of German-occupied France in 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor Rhynes)

 

C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to Ramstein Air Base fly over the beaches of Normandy June 6, 2021. More than 150,000 soldiers from the Allied Forces stormed Normandy Beach and successfully changed the course of World War ll, June 6, 1944.
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